Under the Christmas Tree

Under the Christmas Tree (2021)

Marketing whiz Alma Beltran and Christmas tree whisperer Charlie Freemont cross paths when Charlie finds the perfect tree for the Maine Governor's Holiday Celebration — right in Alma's back yard. While they initially spar, romantic sparks soon begin to fly between the two women as the enchanting tree and some Christmas fairy dust from the town's pâtissière extraordinaire bring out the best in them and spark each other to take leaps of faith and fight for love and Christmas magic.

Date of release
2021-12-19
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (27)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
TV Movie, Romance
Director
Lisa Rose Snow

Casting

Interesting facts

Under the Christmas Tree is a 2021 romantic comedy Christmas television film directed by Lisa Rose Snow in her feature film directorial debut. The film premiered on Lifetime on December 19, 2021, as part of the network's "It's a Wonderful Lifetime" holiday movie slate. Telling the story of government worker Charlie attempting to secure a Christmas tree from business owner Alma, the film was Lifetime's first lesbian Christmas movie. It received generally positive reviews and was nominated at the 33rd GLAAD Media Awards for Outstanding TV Movie.

Production

Under the Christmas Tree was the feature film directorial debut of Lisa Rose Snow. Michael J. Murray wrote the script for the film, which was the first produced by the Lifetime network to feature a lesbian love story. Murray had previously written a number of other Christmas movies including The Christmas Setup (2020), Lifetime's first Christmas movie to feature gay male leads.

Principal photography for the film took place primarily in Ottawa, Ontario Canada, in September 2021. The film was announced in late September as one of 35 holiday movies produced by Lifetime in its 2021 "It's a Wonderful Lifetime" holiday movie slate.

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